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Laney Parker is a city girl through and through. For her, summertime means stepping out of her itchy gray school uniform and into a season of tanning at rooftop swimming pools, brunching at sidewalk cafes, and--as soon as the parents leave for the Hamptons--partying at her classmates' apartments.
But this summer Laney's mother has other plans for Laney. It's called Camp Timber Trails and rustic doesn't even begin to describe the un-air-conditioned log cabin nightmare. Laney is way out of her element--the in-crowd is anything but cool, popularity seems to be determined by swimming skills, and the activities seem more like boot camp than summer camp.
Splattered with tie dye fall out, stripped of her cell, and going through Diet Coke withdrawal, Laney is barely hanging on. Being declared the biggest loser of the bunk is one thing, but when she realizes her summer crush is untouchably uncrushable in the real world, she starts to wonder, can camp cool possibly translate to cool cool?
Summer camp might just turn this city girl's world upside down!
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 8-10-Fifteen-year-old Laney has plenty to complain about, but readers will tire of her whining and foul language long before the end of her six weeks at a truly abominable summer camp. She starts out as a Manhattan diva with friends who drink too much, then displays the interests of a tween. Jonas Brothers, Disney TV-movies, and a blankie? Her three nasty bunkmates-Aiden, Aidan, and Hayden-wear shorts with suggestive words across their butts, and her cabin leader is a perky pest. Her other bunk mate, Sylvie, who is slightly more rounded, becomes her best friend. Despite camp rules that keep girls and boys separate except for special events, Laney decides to get Sylvie a boyfriend. She finds herself falling for Ryan, a guy she's secretly liked but who is an outcast from her cool crowd in New York. Here in the Poconos, he passes for the hottest thing at camp. To the author's credit, camp activities never improve for Laney but having two friends makes all the difference. That touch of realism and some funny lines and situations are not enough to make up for the unbelievable plot and lack of character development.-Tina Zubak, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Manhattan-bred superficial Laney spends six weeks at a camp in rural Pennsylvania where there are no cell phones or Internet and the campers have to do chores. She manages to make a real friend (one who doesn't wear designer clothes) and fall for a boy who's an outcast back in New York. Laney learns unsurprising lessons in this uninspired fish-out-of-water story. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Fifteen-year-old Laney's privileged Park Avenue world comes undone when her mother sends her bred-in-the-bone Manhattanite daughter to a rustic camp in the Pennsylvania boonies. The Gossip Girl-lite meets Green Acres premise works as Laney deals with her new status as urban outcast. Eventually, she notices another outsider appreciating her sarcastic asides, and some life lessons, as well as friendship, are just around the cabin corner. A dollop of romance with a boy Laney knew in New York also has its satisfactions. Although the pop-culture references will date the novel fast, for the present it offers quick, humorous escapism.--Cruze, Karen Copyright 2009 Booklist